[kepler-dev] Determining parent workflow from the actor

[Christopher Brooks]

http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptII8.0/ptII/doc/codeDoc/ptolemy/kernel/util/NamedObj.html#toplevel%28%29

Usually, Actors are contained by TypedCompositeActors.
TypedCompositeActors are in Workspaces.  Actors, TypedComposites
and Workspaces have names that are dot separated.

A TypedCompositeActor also has a _uri that is assigned by MoMLParser.
Effigies have identifiers as well.

BTW - There seem to be a number of questions about "How do I?" about
accessing Ptolemy data structures.

The Ptolemy Design Doc has this information, see
http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/designdoc.htm

The kernel chapter of volume 2 does not specifically mention the
toplevel() method in the text, but you might find it valuable.

Information about MoML is in volume 1.

_Christopher


On 5/21/10 1:59 AM, Michal Owsiak wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a question related to accessing actor's parent workflow.
>
> I'd like to identify the workflow that contains given actor. I'd like to
> get some unique ID or anything else that will let me distinguish between
> various workflows from the  actor's perspective.
>
> Is it possible to get this kind of information?
>
> Thanks in advance for the support
>
> Cheers
>
> Michal
>

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